Bundle-tying device.



F. E. SPEARS. BUNDLE TYING DEVICE. APPLICATION rum) JAILB, 190a.

Patented Jan 26, 1909.

FLORENCE E. SPEARS, OF -FELL "CTTY, ALABAMA.

BUN DLE-TYING DE VICE specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 26, 1909.

Application filed January 2, 1908. Serial No. 408,988.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FLoRENcE E. SPEARS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pell City, in the county of St. Clair and State of Alabama,have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Bundle-TyingDev-ices, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a parcel or bundle tying device, and has forits object the provision of means for facilitating the holding togetheror tying of a plurality of packages, envelops, sheets, and the like.

Anotherobject of the invention is the construction of a tying device,which can be used a number of times, and which be quickly attached ordetached, without injuring the object or objects upon which it ismounted, and also without materially injuring the device itself.

A further object of the invention is the construction of a tying device,which comprises a minimum number of parts, which is durable andefficient in operation, and which can be constructed or manufacturedvery cheaply.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, as will behereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure l is a perspective view of my tying device,showing the same mounted upon a plurality of sheets or objects forholding or tying the same together. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the deviceconstructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 3 is a planview of another embodiment of my invention. Fig. 4 is a view of aportion of the device.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1 designates a parcel or packagecomposed of a plurality of sheets or objects or members, secured or tiedtogether by a device constructed in accordance with the presentinvention. My tying device comprises a primary member 2, an auxiliary,outer member or section 3, and an intermediate, flexible inner member orsection 4.

The primary, outer member or section 2 comprises a body portion 5,preferably, formed from a single-strip or piece of wire, and providedwith integral loops 6 intermediate its ends; said loops are formed froma single piece and twisted at their base and-extend laterally only fromone side of the portion 5. At the inner end of the body portion 5 isformed an integral loop 6, and one end of the flexible intermediateportion 4 is connected thereto, as at 7. The opposite 'end'of the bodyportion 5 terminates in a hook 8; the hook 8 has its outer ep'd 9,preferably, spaced from the body 5, so that the same can be easilyhooked into the central holding "device 10 of my invention, which device'10 is formed upon the outer end of the auxiliary member 3 The loop *6constitutes a hook for holding the inner end of the intermediate memberor cord 4, and, therefore, it would be seen that I have providedparallel hooks or loops 6 and 8 at the ends of the portion 5.

The auxiliary member 3 is, preferably, formed from a single strip orpiece of wire, and comprises a body portion 11, which body portion isprovided, at its inner end, with a loop '6 similarly constructed to eye'6, and to which loop '6, one end of the intermediate flexible member orcord 4 is fastened, as at 7. The central or holding device 10 is formedintegral with the body portion 11, and comprises a body having twointegral V-shaped portions 12 and 13. Each of the sides of the V-shapedportions is positioned at an angle to the body portion 111, for thepurpose here'- inafter described. The inner side 14 of the V-shapedportion 13 is of greater length than the outer side of the same portion,and is ex tended across the. outer end of the body portion 11, wherebythe extended end constitutes a guide-finger for directing theintermediate portion of the tying device into the V-shaped portions,when the device is wrapped around a parcel or bundle, as in Fig. 1. Itis to be noted that in Figs. 1 and 2 I have shown a bundle tying devicemade in sections which is assembled upon the package or bundle or aplurality of sheets orobj'ects by properly placing the auxiliary portion3 upon one side of the bundle, and then bringing the intermediate orcord-portion 4 under or around the bundle, as indicated by dotted line15, Fig. 1, and then inserting or hooking the cord or flexible orintermediate portion 4 under the linger 14, causing the cord to beseated in the V-s'lraped portion 13, and, subsequently, passing the cordaround the bundle, as indicated by dotted line 16, and placing theauxiliary portion 2 substantially parallel with the upper face of thebundle or that face carrying the auxiliary portion 3.

If the bundle is of such size as to only permit the hook 8 to be hookedunder finger 14, and rest in the V-shaped portion 12, this can be easilyaccomplished, but it the bundle is smaller, or is of such size as topermit one of the loops 6 to be hooked into the central holding device10, this can be accomplished by passing the finger 14 through, orpassing one of the loops 6 over the finger for placing the particularloop or eyelet in the V-shaped portion 12. It is to be noted that theV-shaped portions securely retain the engaging portions of the tyingdevice, which are placed in the central holding device, in the tiedposition, Fig. 1, and will not permit the same to be disassembled, undernormal conditions, although the operator can easily detach hook 8 or theloop 6 for removing the tying device from ofi the bundle or package.

In the embodiment depicted in Fig. 3, the tying device is, preferably,formed from a single-piece or strip of resilient, metallic material, asfor instance, wire, and is of substantially the same structure as thedevice depicted in Fig. 2, except that in this embodiment, 1 do notemploy any intermediate portion, as the cord 4, but form the centralholding-device 10 directly upon the body portion 11, at one end; at theopposite end of the body portion 11 is formed a hook 8 similar to thehook 8 in the embodiment depicted in Figs. 1 and 2. This device (Fig. 3)is also provided with the loops 6, the same as the loops 6. hen it isdesired to fasten the single-piece tying device upon a plurality ofarticles or sheets, etc. it is only necessary to lay the holding device10 upon one side of the package or parcel, and wrap the body 11transversely around the package on dotted line 15, Fig. 1, and then hooka portion of the body 11 into the central holding device, and pass thebody portion longitudinally around the package, on dotted line 16, andsubsequently hook either one of the loops 6 or the I hook 8 into thecentral holding-device 10, in 1 the same way, as when attaching to thecentral holding device, hereinbefore described.

The central holding-device 10 prevents the angularly disposed portionsof my device from slipping upon the package, and owing to the peculiarstructure of said central holding-device, the tying device can bequickly assembled or disassembled from the package, without injuring thesame, thereby permitting the device to be used a great number of times.

What I claim is:

1. A device of the character described, comprising a pair of outersections and an intermediate section connecting said outer sections, oneof said outer sections provided with a hook and the other outer sectionpro vided with a central holding-device, said device provided with abody portion and with a plurality of J-shaped portions, each of thesides of the ti-shaped portions positioned at an angle to the bodyportion, one of said V- shaped portions provided with an outer sideextending across the outer end or the body portion and constituting aguide-finger for tacilitating the insertion of the hooked outer sectioninto said holding device.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a body portion formedfrom fiexible material and provided with attaching means at one end andwith a central holdingdevice at its opposite end, said central-holdingdevice provided with receiving portions, each of the sides of thereceiving portions positioned at an angle to said body portion, each ofthe sides of receiving-portion positioned at an angle to each other andone of the sides of one of the receiving portions extending across thelongitudinal axis of the body portion, and said extended sideconstituting a guide-portion or finger.

3. A device of the character described, comprising a body portion formedof outer and inner sections, the outer sections formed of wire and theinner section formed of cord or like member, each of the outer sectionsprovided, at its inner end, with a loop, one of said outer membersprovided at its outer end with a hook, the other outer member providedwith a central-holding device, and said holding-device provided withii-shaped portions, and one of the sides of one of the V-shaped portionsbeing left free for permitting the cord to be inserted into the holdingdevice.

1. A device of the character described, comprising a body portioncomposed of a series of sections, a plurality of said sections formed ofwire, and one of said series of sections formed of cord or rope, one ofsaid wiresections provided, at its outer end, with a hook, the otherwire-section provided at its outer end with a plurality ofangle-portions, and one of said angle portions having a portion leftfree and constituting guiding means.

5. A device of the character described, comprising yieldable sections,the outer end of one of the sections provided with fastening means andthe outer end of another section provided with a plurality of angleportions disposed transversely of said section, and one of the angleportions provided with a guidefinger or extension.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

' FLORENCE E. SPEARS.

Witnesses 2 M. O. FoRMBY, O. E. STEWART.

